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I am a president who also gives pardons. Usually my considerations are humane.
Shimon Peres
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Shimon Peres
Age: 93 †
Born: 1923
Born: August 16
Died: 2016
Died: September 28
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Today, Israel is stronger than ever. Israel has defensive tools of its own - those developed in the past and those developed today and those that will be developed tomorrow.
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We asked the workers to give up 25 percent of their salaries. Imagine! We asked the industrialists to freeze all costs, no matter what the inflation is.
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For me, dreaming is simply being pragmatic.
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In order to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear country you have to introduce a system of verification and inspection.
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I think I was a good student, because I jumped over a school. My main interest was basically history and literature. Sports were basically basketball and swimming at a pool. I was so happy.
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Terrorists and murderers are so dangerous. We shouldn't fall victim to believe that they are immune.
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We had a lot of support - don't give me the world, just the televisions. In America we enjoy support,China is neutral, India is for, in Europe they're divided.
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Some experts advise what to do in accordance with the past, but the past flew away, and we have to reorient ourselves in the face of new dangers.
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Israel was born under the British mandate. We learned from the British what democracy means, and how it behaves in a time of danger, war and terror. We thank Britain for introducing freedom and respect of human rights both in normal and demanding circumstances.
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In Israel, a land lacking in natural resources, we learned to appreciate our greatest national advantage: our minds. Through creativity and innovation, we transformed barren deserts into flourishing fields and pioneered new frontiers in science and technology.
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Can any church help us to win a war? If you can't help us win a war, then please don't press us.
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I've worked with 10 presidents. It's a record. I worked with Republicans and Democrats. All of them when it came to Israel were, movingly, friendly. From Truman, who was the first to recognize Israel 11 minutes after the U.N. resolution, to Obama. When it comes to the major issues of security and strategy, we are together, completely.
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I don't think anybody who carries a rifle carries the future. Because I don't believe that you can really change the world by killing and shooting. You have the change it by creating and competing.
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Palestinians are becoming religiously fanatic. Israel is becoming irrelevant. They do it for religious purpose, fanatic, they want to conquer the Middle East under the command of the Iranians.
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If a problem has no solution, it may not be a problem, but a fact - not to be solved, but to be coped with over time.
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Our problem is not to submit to the differences but to overcome them.
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In the Middle East, the conflict today is a matter of generations and not of cultures.
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I don't know what is stronger or what is weaker.The whole language of strength and weaknesses is irrelevant,because when you use arms you do not use ballots, and public opinion is unimportant, and they shoot at their opponents.
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Why cross and ocean when you can cross a river? Why should we sail to Washington when we can meet right away 10 miles from here?
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I was learning, as I did in the Ministry of Defense. I never knew, but I always learned.
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